repeated the Lord's prayer. When he came to--"thine is the kingdom,"
he stopped a moment, and then said, with all his heart--"'And thine
is the power,' heavenly Father. I want power to know how to do these
sums. There's no one else to help me. Lord, please give me power, for
Jesus' sake, Amen."

Ben waited a moment, and then, still on his knees, he took his slate
and tried again. Do you ask me if he succeeded? Remember what Saint
James says, "If any man lack wisdom let him ask of God, who giveth to
all men liberally, and upbraideth not: _and it shall be given him_."
Jas. i: 5. That is God's promise, and heaven and earth must pass away
before one of his promises shall fail. Ben had prayed to God to help
him, and God answered his prayer. He tried once more to work out
those sums. After thinking over them a little while, he saw the
mistake he had made in neglecting one of the rules for working the
sums. He corrected this mistake, and then he found they all worked
out beautifully. The next day he was head of the class; for he was
the only boy who could say that he had done the sum himself, without
getting any one at home to help him.

"And yet I was helped, mother," said Ben, "for I am sure my Father in
heaven helped me." But that was not what the teacher meant. After
this, Ben never forgot the last part of the Lord's prayer. When he
needed help he knew where the power was that could help him.

Here was where the apostles got the help they needed in doing the
hard work they had to do. And how much help we might get in doing our
work if we only make a right use of this "power which belongeth unto
God;" and which he is always ready to use in helping us.